Monday, 18 April 2011

Robert Kazinsky as Jamie Fraser? Who I hear you ask?

I've never been a huge soap fan but I have seen Robert Kazinsky on the TV occassionally. Have I ever considered him for the role of Jamie Fraser? ... No! I've only seen him as Sean Slater from Eastender and as I haven't watched Eastenders for years and years then you can forgive me for not thinking of him before. I was inspired by a tweet I read on Twitter ... so thank you!

What attributes does he have I hear you ask? Mmmm .... firstly he is a 28 year old red headed actor with blue eyes. He's 6' tall so he may be lacking slightly heightwise but hopefully that wouldn't be too much of an issue. He's English and I have no idea if he could do a Scottish accent but he is an actor afterall so he should be able to. Now I'm not saying he is 100% perfect facially but he is a really good looking man and there is a serious lack of decent red headed actors out there. I've never really been happy with the idea of using too much hair dye or wigs because they rarely match a person's skin tone and look a little strange.

Is he James Alexander Malcolm McKenzie Fraser material? I'll just show you!

Nah, even though he is a lovely looking man he isn't my Jamie. I picture Jamie with more viking-like features...eyes more slanted, high cheekbones and a sharper nose. In the books Claire repeatedly talks about Jamie being so big and tall. Gotta have a 6'4 actor.